Wood, E.F. orcid.org/0000-0002-1910-6230, Ricketts, T. and Parry, G. (2018) EMDR as a treatment for long term depression: a feasibility study. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice, 91 (1). pp. 63-78. ISSN 1476-0835
Abstract
Objective. Current treatments for long-term depression – medication and psy-chotherapy – are effective for some but not all clients. New approaches need to bedeveloped to complement the ones already available. This study was designed to test thefeasibility of using an effective post-traumatic stress disorder treatment for people withlong-term depression.
Design. A single-case experimental design with replications was undertaken as afeasibility study of eye movement desensitization and reprocessing (EMDR) in treatinglong-term depression.
Methods. Thirteen people with recurrent and/or long-term depression were recruitedfrom primary care mental health services and given standard protocol EMDR for amaximum of 20 sessions. Levels of depression were measured before and after treatmentand at follow-up, clients also rated their mood each day.
Results. Eight people engaged with the treatment; seven of these had clinically significantand statistically reliable improvement on the Hamilton Rating Scale for Depression. Dailymood ratings were highly variable both during baseline and intervention.
Conclusions. EMDR is a feasible treatment for recurrent and/or long-term depression.Research on treatment efficacy and effectiveness is now required.
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Copyright, Publisher and Additional Information: | © 2017 The Authors. Psychology and Psychotherapy: Theory, Research and Practice published by John Wiley & Sons Ltd on behalf of British Psychological Society This is an open access article under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs License, which permits use and distribution in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited, the use is non-commercial and no modifications or adaptations are made. |
Keywords: | EMDR; eye movement desensitisation and reprocessing; long term depression; feasibility; single case experimental design |
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Institution: | The University of Sheffield |
Academic Units: | The University of Sheffield > Faculty of Medicine, Dentistry and Health (Sheffield) > School of Health and Related Research (Sheffield) > ScHARR - Sheffield Centre for Health and Related Research |
Funding Information: | Funder Grant number NATIONAL INSTITUTE FOR HEALTH RESEARCH CLAHRC IQUEST FSF |
Depositing User: | Symplectic Sheffield |
Date Deposited: | 27 Jul 2017 13:27 |
Last Modified: | 03 Nov 2023 16:11 |
Status: | Published |
Publisher: | Wiley |
Refereed: | Yes |
Identification Number: | 10.1111/papt.12145 |
Open Archives Initiative ID (OAI ID): | oai:eprints.whiterose.ac.uk:119579 |
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